Michelangelo Redeems Broken Marble

In 1463, members of the City Council of Firenze (Florence) Italy decided they needed a monument to enhance their city. They commissioned a sculptor to ...

Like Learning Violin, Bible Study Requires Discipline

Author and theologian R. C. Sproul writes:

One of my dreams for heaven is to learn how to play the violin. We started a church a few years ago. We have ...

Corrected by a Homeless Man's Rebuke

A homeless man in New York City rebuked me one day. I found him going through a trashcan on the side of our Manhattan church building. Frankly, I was ...

Football Coach Demonstrates Integrity

"We stand for certain things. Kids have to be responsible for their actions." —Mike Slaughter, coach of the Marquette High School football team ...

Parents Sometimes Love by Complaining

Some years ago, when a serial killer known as the Hillside Strangler was attacking and killing young women in our La Cañada neighborhood, our teenage ...

Singer Garth Brooks Parents with Discipline

On the television show, "The View," country superstar Garth Brooks was asked about raising his children and if he corrects them when they misbehave. ...

Humorous Things My Mother Taught Me

My mother taught me about the food groups: "If you put one foot outside that door, you're not getting any homemade bread."

My mother taught ...

Elton John on Boundaries

Pop singer Elton John told the German magazine Amica:

I am gay and wouldn't want to be heterosexual for all the money in the world….I've ...

Jonathan Edwards's Commitment to Resolutions

Jonathan Edwards, the 18th-century revivalist, sat down at age 17 and penned 21 resolutions by which he would live his life. He added to this list until, ...

Focus Life's Energy

"No steam or gas drives anything until it is confined. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined."